Rev. Susan Hrostowski is familiar with fighting for her and her family’s rights, even if that means going to court. She was one of the plaintiffs in the case that struck down Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption on March 31.
The ACLU has filed the first federal lawsuit contesting House Bill 1523. The lawsuit names the Mississippi State Registrar of Vital Records as the defendant because that state office would have to collect a list of clerks who are recusing themselves from issuing same-sex marriage licenses as allowed in House Bill 1523, the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” …
Here’s The Lawsuit Against A State Anti-LGBT Law You Aren’t Hearing About by Zack Ford May 10, 2016 1:31 pm CREDIT: AP Photo/Emily Wagster Pettus Jennifer Riley-Collins, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, introduces the lawsuit, flanked by attorney Oliver Diaz, and plaintiffs Nykolas Alford and Stephen Thomas. North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law HB2 isn’t the …